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Meaning of VPN | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of virtual private network.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. Initialism of Vietnam People's Navy.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. Initialism of virtual page number.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Deutsch VPN
Français RPV vépéenne VPN
한국어 브이피엔
Português VPN
Русский ви-пи-эн ВПН

Examples

“The disadvantages to roll-your-own are that the company is responsible for managing VPN configurations, and because traffic is transversing the Internet, there are no performance guarantees. Moreover, it typically is difficult to support latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice. However, a roll-your-own approach lets corporations establish a VPN to any site that has access to the Internet.”
“Most Chinese users watch HBO through virtual private networks, or VPNs.”
“When operating on customer MAC (C-MAC) and service MAC (S-MAC) addresses, PBB uses a new backbone MAC (B-MAC) address. The B-MAC address is added at the edge of the PBB network, that is administered by a carrier VPN or a carrier-of-carriers VPN.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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